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ISAAC RORBAGK, OF SOUTH .B END, INDIANA.

Letters Patent IVD. 67,808, dated All-gust I3, 1867.

IMPROVED BUCKLE.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CQNCERN Be it known that I, ISAAC RonABAoK, of ISouth Bend, in the county of' St. Joseph, and in the State of Indiana,.h ave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buckles and doV hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making apart of this specification.

In thean'nexed drawings, A represents a leather strap, which is provided with a buckle upon its outer end, and in the rear of which is the usual keeper for securing the end ofthe connecting or buckling-strap A. The buck-le B is of metallic substances, such as brass, iron, Sto.. of which buckles are usually constructed, and made of a width to suit the leather. V'lhis buckle is usually cast or formed of one piece, with its two sides projecting slightly beneath the bottom plate, so that when it is connected with the leather the bottom plate a is covered both above, below, and at its outer end,` as shown in Figure Ll It will be seen that the sides of the buckle project just far enough below the centre-plate a, so that when the leather is attached it is Hush against the lower ends thereof, and makes a neat lfinish. The upper sides of the buckle are bent over slightly, so that a groove isy formed above the top of the leather. Within is placed the sliding-plate C, to be more fully described hereafter.`

D D represent they loops formed upon the upper end at the forward portion of the buckle, under which the 4bucl'iling-strapV is passed. x :l: represent 'the rivets which are passed through the leather and sliding-plate (1 and by which means the buckle is fastened. Between these rivets, upon the upper leather, is a. small oblongl slot, d, into which slides the lug z upon the bottom of the sliding-plate C. This plate is somewhat in the form of a wedge, and fits neatly into the upper groove of th'e buckle-plate. It will be seen that this plate has-a small piece of leather, t, upon its upper "face, or the wedge may be made large enough to dispense with the leather thereon, and has a lug extending upwards (w) for catching into the openings made in the buekling-strap A, so that when the two leathers are thus connected and drawn apart they are caught and held perfectly secure. Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, i`sV The plate C, with its upper and lower lugs w and z, and formed thicker at its rear end, when used in combination with the castinf:r B, having side bars, keepers D D, and central plate a, above which isla narrow groove,

d, for the sliding-plate C to operate, whenvconstructed and used in the manner and for' the purposesherein' specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my handthis 18th day of March, 1867.

ISAAC RoRABAcK.

Witnesses JAMES DAVIS, GEORGE GERRUPH. 

